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by rizzom5000 3y ago
That's not how I define critical thinking at all. Blind adherence to Marxism, Taoism or any other ideology is the antithesis of critical thinking. Science is not like these things, and I believe that Marxists and Taoists would also con
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by rizzom5000 3y ago
| By teaching you the context to an apple, that person, school, institution or culture wields power. Not if you are capable of critical thinking.
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by rizzom5000 4y ago
I think you might say that the ag industry allowed 7B people to survive on this rock (along with the fossil fuel industry).
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by rizzom5000 4y ago
I agree with your general sentiment and have been slumming on r/singularity lately where there has been a ton of hype. One thing that I think I've gleaned from my reading the comments there, is that people who aren't as skill
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by rizzom5000 4y ago
> Have there been big demographic shifts between rural/urban in that time? The best one that I can think of is the fact that rural children probably spend more time outside engaging in physical activity. Even in the US, I know of hi
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by rizzom5000 4y ago
Between the two, on the low end, that looks like a per capita donation of around $100/year to criminals, not including all of the other associated costs related to theft prevention, enforcement, incarceration and so on.
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by rizzom5000 4y ago
This is funny, but in common parlance if someone tells me they are an athlete; then I'm expecting they are either some sort of a athletic scholarship or are paid or sponsored in some way. Otherwise there is some strong probability that
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by rizzom5000 4y ago
You have a point. It also seems the job wouldn't have existed without someone willing to take the risk? I myself weigh risk in my decisions frequently. I am full aware that a layoff (or firing) is possible every time I accept a job. I&
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by rizzom5000 4y ago
It's probably not the explicit intention, but I believe that an intelligent species would probably recognize that it's in their best interests to elect lawmakers who understand the concept of economic incentives and as a corollary
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by rizzom5000 4y ago
It seems that those unique factors also include a lack of law enforcement, a reluctance to allow new housing and an unfriendly business climate. If the leadership in Miami or Houston decided to behave the same way toward the communities the
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by rizzom5000 4y ago
> This is all about serving the lowest possible quality for the highest possible price, nothing about that has to do with "preferences". I'm trying to follow this logically. Are you saying that if there were two options fo
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by rizzom5000 4y ago
Totally agree that the rare times I need to rent a truck, it's a major hassle. I wonder if there is an opportunity for an Uber/Lyft type of truck share service.
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by rizzom5000 4y ago
> It also overlooks that people who only buy ONE vehicle are best off buying a truck or largish SUV so it can do "all they ever need" - to have a small car you kind of really need to have a second vehicle that's larger, or
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by rizzom5000 4y ago
> But you have nothing better to suggest. What other methods have these people tried that have failed? How do you measure the success of this method in terms of achieving desired results? Is there data that shows traditional marketing is
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by rizzom5000 4y ago
> they misattribute their problems to their employees instead of to their own leadership It seems to be the case that effective and competent leadership is the exception. Even in the military, where enormous amounts of money are spent on
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by rizzom5000 4y ago
Eh, I agree with your overall sentiment; but I cannot think of a worse example than the Javascript community. While there are genuine innovations being made, they aren't common and they rarely require the introduction of a new framewor
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by rizzom5000 4y ago
I read it more like the word 'attain' means to internalize those writing abilities are your own; and reading others will not work to achieve developing such an ability. As such, this advice is about the same as most advice I'
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by rizzom5000 4y ago
It's also why they wouldn't have orbiting satellites which would be incredibly useful for both exploration and communication systems.
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by rizzom5000 4y ago
Clearly the current culture in the US is not healthy, but the reason for healthy scientific and rational skepticism in this case was succinctly laid out in previous comments. It seems to me a tautology to suggest to that going for a walk is
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by rizzom5000 4y ago
Pattern recognition is an interesting way to describe what is being measured. I've always heard that IQ tests are really good at predicting the ability to understand complexity, or perform complex tasks; such as in the way the military
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by rizzom5000 4y ago
> flea market A few years ago I didn't consider Amazon and Ebay as similar options. Now, I think of them as a wash in terms of risk vs. reward with Amazon having a slight edge on return policy (maybe).
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by rizzom5000 4y ago
Lots of online brokers will let you trade individual securities. The used to be more fees associated, but lots of places now allow zero-fee trading as well. ymmv https://www.nerdwallet.com/best/investing/online-bro
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by rizzom5000 5y ago
It raises the question, what are we getting for our money (in the US)? > In 2017, the United States spent $14,100 per full-time-equivalent (FTE) student on elementary and secondary education, which was 37 percent higher than the average
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by rizzom5000 5y ago
I just check online and see which store has the truck I want. I haven't had any issues with lines and there is no limit on how long I can keep it where I live. I'm in a major metro area though so ymmv.
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by rizzom5000 5y ago
UHaul rentals are painful, but Home Depot has a truck rental program that is relatively painless if you can deal with the no reservations policy. I've done some fairly substantial remodel projects without owning a truck.
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by rizzom5000 5y ago
| Early startup tech employees not only invest their time but also lose out on real money they would have earned at another (bigger) company. Isn't that by design? With greater risk comes the potential for greater reward. If someone do
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by rizzom5000 5y ago
A mostly self-driving car could work and I can't speak for the Texas Triangle, but most of the south has horrible public transit. An interesting example, perhaps, is Raleigh, NC to DC. Raleigh has awful public transit options. The publ
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by rizzom5000 5y ago
Maybe this isn't a big issue? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocene_extinction
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by rizzom5000 6y ago
Youtube, Twitch, TikTok, Instagram, Hulu, Netflix, etc. appear to firmly support that content is king; at least in some small corner of the internet.
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by rizzom5000 6y ago
I believe it's absolutely possible to do more to reduce to incompetency behind the wheel on US roads. It may even be trivial to reduce preventable traffic fatalities in the US by half. We accept these preventable fatal as a society. Pe

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